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DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF BEACHWOOD
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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   440.13  SHIFTING LOAD; LOOSE LOADS. (REPEALED)
   (EDITOR' S NOTE: Section 440.13 was repealed by Ordinance 1988-77, passed May 16, 1988. See Section 440.06)
   440.14  ROUTE AND LOAD INFORMATION.
   Drivers of vehicles described in this chapter shall be required, upon request by a police officer, to give full and true information as to the route they are following and the name of the consignor and consignee and place of delivery or removal and the location of any consignment being hauled or goods being removed, and upon a designation by such police officer of a route to be followed, shall immediately adopt and pursue such route.
(Ord. 1969-54. Passed 7-7-69.)
   440.15  CHAUFFEURED LIMOUSINES.
   (a)    The operator of a chauffeured limousine shall accept passengers only on the basis of prearranged contracts, as defined in Section 402.075, and shall not cruise in search of patronage unless the limousine is in compliance with any statute or ordinance governing the operation of taxicabs or other similar vehicles for hire.
   (b)   No person shall advertise or hold himself or herself out as doing business as a limousine service or livery service or other similar designation unless each vehicle used by him or her to provide the service is registered in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4503.24, and is in compliance with Ohio R.C. 4509.80.
(ORC 4511.85)
   440.16  LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES; PROSECUTION; APPLICATION OF MONEYS.
   Any person violating any law relating to or regulating the use of the improved public roads shall be liable for all damage resulting to any such street, highway, bridge or culvert by reason of such violation. In case of any injury to such street, highway, bridge or culvert, such damages shall be collected by civil action, brought in the name of the City, on the relation of the Public Works Director with respect to highways under his jurisdiction, and the Law Director shall institute such action, when requested by the Public Works Director and prosecute it to final judgment. In case of any injury to an improved public road, bridge or culvert of the City, by reason of violations of any of the rules and regulations made by the City, the damages shall be recovered by a civil action prosecuted by the City.
(5577.12 ORC; Ord. 1997-110. Passed 6-2-97.)
   440.17  UNLAWFUL OPERATION; TAX COMMISSIONER TO BE NOTIFIED.
   (a)    It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a commercial car with three or more axles, a commercial car as part of a commercial tandem, or a commercial tractor as part of a commercial tractor combination or commercial tandem on a public highway without a valid highway use permit for such commercial car or commercial tractor.
   (b)    The Judge or Magistrate or any court finding any person guilty of unlawfully operating a commercial car or commercial tractor as provided for in this section shall immediately notify the Ohio Tax Commissioner of such violation and shall transmit to the Commissioner the name and the permanent address of the owner of the commercial car or commercial tractor operated in violation of this section, the registration number, the State of registration, and the certificate of title number of the commercial car or commercial tractor.
(5728.04 ORC; Ord. 1997-110. Passed 6-2-97.)
   440.99  PENALTY.
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 408.02 for general Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)
   Whoever violates any of the weight provisions of this chapter shall be fined in accordance with the following schedule:
Overload (in Pounds)
Not Less Than
Not More Than
Less than 1,001
$   50.00
$   75.00
1,001 to 1,500
            60.00
            90.00
1,501 to 2,000
            70.00
          100.00
2,001 to 2,500
          100.00
          150.00
2,501 to 3,000
          110.00
          165.00
3,001 to 3,500
          120.00
          180.00
3,501 to 4,000
          130.00
          195.00
4,001 to 4,500
          140.00
          210.00
4,501 to 5,000
          150.00
          225.00
5,001 to 5,500
          160.00
          240.00
5,501 to 6,000
          170.00
          255.00
6,001 to 6,500
          180.00
          270.00
6,001 to 7,000
          190.00
          285.00
7,001 to 7,500
          200.00
          300.00
7,501 to 8,000
          210.00
          315.00
8,001 to 8,500
          220.00
          330.00
8,501 to 9,000
          230.00
          345.00
9,001 to 9,500
          240.00
          360.00
9,501 to 10,000
          250.00
          375.00
10,001 to 10,500
          470.00
          705.00
10,501 to 11,000
          490.00
          735.00
11,001 to 11,500
          510.00
          765.00
11,501 to 12,000
          530.00
          795.00
12,001 to 12,500
          550.00
          825.00
12,501 to 13,000
          570.00
          855.00
13,001 to 13,500
          590.00
          885.00
13,501 to 14,000
          610.00
          915.00
14,001 to 14,500
          630.00
          945.00
14,501 to 15,000
          650.00
          975.00
15,001 to 15,500
          670.00
        1,005.00
15,501 to 16,000
          690.00
   
16,001 to 16,500
          710.00
        1,065.00
16,501 to 17,000
          730.00
        1,095.00
17,001 to 17,500
          750.00
        1,125.00
17,501 to 18,000
          770.00
        1,155.00
18,001 to 18,500
          790.00
        1,185.00
18,501 to 19,000
          810.00
        1,215.00
19,001 to 19,500
          830.00
        1,245.00
19,501 to 20,000
          850.00
        1,275.00
   More than 20,000 pounds - not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) plus four dollars ($4.00) per 100 pounds of overload, and not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) plus six dollars ($6.00) per 100 pounds of overload.
   In addition to the fines above designated, any person found guilty of a violation of any weight provision of this chapter may be imprisoned for not more than six months.
   No penalty prescribed in this section shall be imposed on any vehicle combination if:
   (a)    The overload on any axle does not exceed 1,000 pounds; and if
   (b)    The immediately preceding or following axle, excepting the front axle of the vehicle combination, is under loaded by the same or a greater amount.
   For purposes of this paragraph, two axles on one vehicle less than eight feet apart shall be considered as one axle.
(Ord. 1966-104. Passed 9-19-66.)